An EPPO/NEPPO Contingency Exercise Workshop for a pest outbreak will be held on 2025-05-26/28 in Hammamet, Tunisia. This workshop is organised in collaboration with the FAO Sub-Regional Office Tunisia, the FAO Regional Office Cairo, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the BeXyl Project.
The purposes of the workshop will be to:
- Simulate the experience of a plant health emergency, using as a scenario a finding of Xylella fastidiosa
- Experiment with responses to an emergency
- Test whether relevant contingency plans are available and fit for purpose
- Test availability and relevance of other resources
- Provide experience in communicating key messages during an emergency
- Learn why and how to develop contingency plans
- Learn how to carry out an emergency response exercise
Please indicate your interest in attending this workshop by Friday 29th November 2024 using the following link: http://meeting.eppo.int/index.php/U8472
For more information: https://www.eppo.int/MEETINGS/2025_meetings/wk_contingency_workshop
